August 2023

Motorists feel the pinch as petrol pump prices soar to highest level for a year in Spain

PETROL PUMP prices have soared to their highest level in a year in Spain exceeding €1.70 a litre for unleaded fuel in parts of the country. Prices are at their highest level since the end of August 2022 when the 20 cents per litre bonus introduced by the government was still in force after energy […]

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Residents return home as forest fire on Spain’s Canary Islands stabilises

A FOREST FIRE that has been burning on the Canary Island of Tenerife for the last nine days was in a stable condition on Thursday, without gaining any more territory.  So far, the blaze has razed more than 14,700 hectares of land, with a perimeter of 90 kilometres according to figures from news agency Europa

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Residents forbidden to use drinking water to water plants or fill pools due to exceptional drought in Mallorca’s Esporles

THE city council of Esporles has announced urgent measures due to a serious drought that the municipality is experiencing. The measures include prohibiting the watering of lawns and other similar green areas, cleaning private roads and patios, and filling swimming pools. A progressive decrease in water catchment caused by a lack of rain and an

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German tourist ‘is stabbed and robbed’ by ‘six North African youths’ outside nightclub in Spain’s Mallorca

A MIDDLE-AGED German tourist was stabbed and robbed in the early hours of Wednesday by a group of six young ‘North African’ men in Playa de Palma. The Policia Nacional are investigated the assault that happened at around 3.10am on Avenida del Fray Joan Llabres outside a nightclub where the victim had been partying for

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Body of woman ‘aged between 50 and 60’ found floating in waters of upmarket port in Spain’s Mallorca

THE BODY of a woman in her 50’s was found floating in the waters at the mouth of Port Adriano on Wednesday morning. She was wearing a bikini and the Guardia Civil in Calvia have as yet been unable to identify her. Sunglasses that could have belonged to the woman were discovered on a nearby beach.

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SOROLLA QUIZ: How much do you know about the renowned artist?

AUGUST 10, 2023 marked 100 years since Joaquin Sorolla passed away. The great impressionist painter is being remembered all over the world including major exhibitions in Spain’s capital and in his hometown. The commemorations are continuing throughout the rest of the year. In honour of the respected artist we have created a multiple choice quiz

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4 bedroom Villa for sale in Santa Cristina d’Aro with pool – € 459,000

Santa Cristina d’Aro, Girona   4 beds   3 baths € 459,000 This beautiful south facing house with swimming pool offers many possibilities.Do you want to live here all year through? Or do you want a holiday home where you can relax? Or do you want to invest and rent out the house?The driveway to

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Mallorca locals fuming about tourists swimming and taking dumps at the island’s drinking water reservoirs 

RAGING Mallorca residents are complaining about tourists swimming and taking dumps in two of the island’s drinking water reservoirs.  A local that works near the Cuber and Gorg Blau reservoirs, in Palma, took pictures of tourists swimming in their waters. “It is forbidden to access the reservoirs for recreational purposes as the water is used

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National Police arrest 24 in bust of international gang exporting high-end vehicles from Spain

IN A JOINT operation with the authorities in Romania, the National Police have arrested 21 people and recovered 24 high end cars that had been fraudulently acquired in Spain and were due to be sold abroad.  The members of the criminal organisation are suspected of acquiring the vehicles in Spain, falsifying their documentation, and then

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